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Brazilian Bishop dedicates new shrine with large cross and Our Lady of Lourdes statue

July 21, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

The Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes and Praise of Brazil features a 130-foot-tall Marian statue and a 164-foot-high cross. / Credit: Facebook of the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora de Lourdes e do Louvor and @franciel_imagensaereas

Denver Newsroom, Ju… […]

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Fire destroys half of the Chapels of Light at Lourdes shrine

July 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

A panoramic view of the burned area and an image of Our Lady affected by a fire at the Lourdes shrine in France, July 11, 2022. / Credit: Sanctuary of Lourdes

Denver Newsroom, Jul 12, 2022 / 16:19 pm (CNA).
Half of the Chapels of Light at Our L… […]

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‘Warriors to Lourdes’ pilgrimage brings comfort to wounded souls

May 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

The 8th annual Warriors to Lourdes pilgrimage on May 10-16, 2022. / Tamino Petelinsek/KofC.

Lourdes, France, May 16, 2022 / 07:30 am (CNA).
The “invisible” wounds of war are at the heart of the eighth annual Warriors to Lourdes pilgrimage, taki… […]

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Pope Francis appoints new bishop of Lourdes

March 30, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Our Lady of Lourdes grotto, France. / Elise Harris/CNA.

Vatican City, Mar 30, 2022 / 06:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis named on Wednesday a new bishop of the French Catholic diocese that is home to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, one of the wo… […]

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Pope Francis: Ask Our Lady of Lourdes to help you have an open heart

February 11, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

The grotto at Lourdes where Our Lady appeared. / Alessio Di Cintio/CNA.

Vatican City, Feb 11, 2022 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis on Friday encouraged Catholics to ask Our Lady of Lourdes to intercede for them to have a heart more open to encou… […]

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Pilgrims couldn’t visit Lourdes. So a drone photographer took Lourdes to them

February 11, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France. / Célian de La Rochefoucauld via youheritage.com.

Rome Newsroom, Feb 11, 2022 / 06:50 am (CNA).
In April 2020, as countries across Europe were in lockdown, a young man walked the empty streets of th… […]

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5 fascinating facts about the apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes

February 11, 2022 Catholic News Agency 5

Our Lady of Lourdes grotto, Lourdes, France. / Elise Harris/CNA

Denver Newsroom, Feb 11, 2022 / 03:00 am (CNA).
On Feb. 11, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. In Lourdes, France, in 1858, thirteen-year-old Bernadet… […]

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Fire ‘set deliberately’ damages Scotland’s national shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes

October 19, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Carfin Grotto, Scotland’s national shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes, is cleaned after a suspected arson attack on Oct. 17, 2021. / Sancta Familia Media.

Carfin, Scotland, Oct 19, 2021 / 04:20 am (CNA).
Suspected arsonists targeted Scotland’s nation… […]

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‘Lourdes Nights’ to draw pilgrims to French shrine after pandemic closure

July 2, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

An evening procession at Lourdes in southwestern France. / Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes.

Lourdes, France, Jul 2, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes has launched a series of summer evening events to draw pilgrims back… […]

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Lourdes shrine invites the sick to find hope through virtual visit

February 11, 2021 CNA Daily News 1

Rome Newsroom, Feb 11, 2021 / 08:00 am (CNA).- On the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, the papal delegate for the Marian shrine urged masked pilgrims and virtual viewers alike not to lose hope in the face of sickness and difficulties.

“Lourdes is t… […]

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